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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-06
An Extraordinary Political Era.

The san is unable to see in the preseDt
condition of federal affairs any such ex-
tTaOTdinary circumstances as would call
for the denomination of a President.
In support of his theory 1t cites the
cases Of Lincoln, selected for the second
time in the crisis of a great civil war by
the vast power of an uncOnquerable ma
chine that was spending s., 900. 600 per
day. Grant, i, says, was carried into the
denomination by his reputation as a
great military hero. But about Cleve-
lands situation it sees nothing to lead
to a like result
We beg to suggest to our neighbOr
that there is something notable in the
complete success of the first Democratic
administration that was elected for a
quarter Of a century. All predictions
of Democratic failure have been falsIfied
The confidence OF the country has been
completely wOu. Our foreign admins
tratiOu has been no less brilliant than
our domestic. For The the first time,
the depaT- ments of State and of the
Treasury have been brought into har-
mOnIOus and effective cooperation in
the regulation of the relations of tie
government to our foreign commerce.
The credit of the country has been ad
have been stopped. The business com
munitv has been brought to unanimous
support of the policy of the government
and Tivalries, bitter, deep and of long
standing, have been lost TO sight in the
general prosperity. For the first time
since the high tariff has been i'll force
the manufacturers and importers are in
accord for reduction of duties to point
that will facilitate honest collection OF
revenue.
These are bu: few of the circumstar-
ces that mark the occasion of the Dem.
ocratic nomination for 1888 as an extI a.
ordinary one. The question before the
Democratic party is simply whether the
orderly and unpretentious, but mastery
and most patriotic administration OF
/ Cleveland, with its great peaceful tri
Umphs of Democratic principles, is les:
worthy OF recognition than were the
achievements of war times, upon which
were based the denominations of LincoII
I and Grant. N y. Star.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-06

MAKING BRICKS OF SuyFR.-The
stream OF trade dollars that has been
pouring into the Sub Treasury for re-
demptlon since the bill passed during the
last session of Congress has become A
law has decreased in flow for several
days Tast, The Treasury officials say that
there were not more than 1000 600 of
the coius in the country at he time the
exchanges, banks ard railroads made
war upon them in the spring OF 1SS2
About /, 400, 600 of them have been re.
deemed a the Philadelphia Sub-Trea-
sury alone. The coins, as counted. were
slowed away in bags containing l 600
each, and were transferred to the Mint
70 be turned into the Government cru
clbles. Here the metal melts down and
purliies itself of the baser allows in the
Old dollar form. Each 81 600 makes A
silver brick of l 200 ounces in weight.
which Is stored away to await its turn
lE coming standard dollars and frac-
tional silver currency. About S74 cents,
WORTH OF silver of standard fpeness is
contained in each Of the old coins. and
the difference paid out by the Govern
ment IN redeemiug the coins amounts 90
far TO about Sl75. 900 at this point.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-06
IriSh AHairs.

The main deba'e ON the Irish C0sr
C'ou B,il is now In ~ rgrcsS ia CIumIJ-
tee of the Wul.5 au5 M G.s3stono
hopes 10 continue {, uu-i' june or Ju.y.
L. will be opp sd a every sep and
amend mru.s If .r-d without uumDaT.
5 SsveraI have been defeated ALREADY y-o one
beng y provision that Jhe secret IlqulT-
les be confined 10 important crimes or is.
This result is understood TO mean that
the Government proposes 10 use the eX-
treme power given % by the oil 10
attack tenant combinations. Mr.. II "a
" went so iaT Is To s y before he House
the other evening that It q certain Cause
was insisted on he himself would prob
ably he tie first victim of the measure,
since he would not hesitate 10 counsel
resistance. There IS 10 mis'aking the
eaTnestness of such au utteTance as this.
The agitation OF the general subject is
by no means cOnfiLed to Parliament.
Meetings are held and speeches made
with regard to it uumerOusly through
out the United Kingdom. A curious
phase of the contest is the sailing of
William O'Brien for Canada 70 show
the people thereof what sort of man
their GOvernoI-Gsneral. Lord Lans-
downe. is. The Irish tenants of the
noble lord had agreed to make certain
terms with him by which eviUtiOns
would be obvIated, and TO these he as
sented. Subsequently, thinking it to
his advantage be withdrew his conces-
sioDs, and said that the courts must set
tie the difference. Such is the gist of
the charge against LausdOWne. but he
will be used to furnish living iIIustra-
tiOn of an absentee landlord drawing the
sustenance out of Ireland and breaking
faith with his tenants Mr.. O'Brien
declared yesterday to the thousands of
people who mad gathered al Queenstown
to bid him farewell. that when The lib
eTty loving Canadians had heard his
story of Lord LansdOwne's cruelty to
his tenants they would not consent to be
governed by such a man. So there is
trouble ahead for LansdOwne
Meanwhile the Government majority
in Parliament of 101 holds firm, and the
prospect for Ireland is materially swell
ing the tide of emigra ion to the United
States. Perhaps there is nothing more
significant than this exodus. But though
the Coercion Bill will probably become
a law, with its immediate cruel cOnsc-
quences. the belief that 1t will be the
herald of its own doom Is firm and abid-
ing with the fri, nis Of Ireland.-N. Y
World
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-06
County Superfnteudent

The School Directors of Cambria county,
met at the Court House on Monday for the
purpose Of eIecting a County Superintendent
When the roll was called two hundred and
6fty-two directors we're found to be present,
wanting twenty-four of a fnll convention.
Nj. Charles B. Davis, Of Wood vale, Chair
man Of the Convention ID. w Coulter, of
Franklin Borough. and NJ Ftzharris, of
GaIIitzin, Vice Presidents: w A. 3. Lit
tie, D a. Harris, J. Kinney, William Oppy,
and II. NJ. Tomb, Recording Sc cretaries
and Emery West, of COntmaugh Borough,
Reading Secretary. The following resoIu-
ton was off cred and adopted
WHEREAS, Normal Schools, taught BY pro-
fessIOual teachers in different parts of the
county during the spring and summer
months, would secure educational adVanta-
ges to all teachers and others desiring the
same and as the cause of education would
thereby be more rapidly promoted, therefore
Resolved, That it is the sense of this Con
ventiOn that the County Superintendent
shall hereafter urge the formation Of normal
classes at different points in the county, end
that we request him to visit the same that
he may be able to learn the character Of the
work done
Resolved, That we VIII not support an Y
candidates for County Superintendent who
refuse to pledge themselves not TO teach OF
be directly connected with any normal
school, If elected, present engagements eX-
ceLted
The question of salary was then taken up
and Mr.. w. A. B. Little Of Allegheny town
ship, moved that the salary be fixed at 81 800
Mr.. Francis O'Friel of LOrettO. moved to
amend by fixing it at 81 200 The amend
ment was voted down and the motion fixing
the salary at 81, 500 was carried.
The domination of candidates being next
in order, the following names were placed
in nomination Lewis Strayer and j. w
Leech, of Ebensburg; W. J. Cramer. OF
Allegheny township. and J. g. McFeeters Of
OF Johnstown. The balloting resulted as
follows:
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-06
Little Indians.

Captain Pratt arrived at Carlisle, Pa
on Sundy morning from Fort Marion,
Fla, with bis sixty FIVE Apache boys aud
girls, members of Geronimo s band, cap
tured by General Miles in Mexico last
summer. From the depot the captain
marched them to the Indian schools.
some 400 OF 500 yards distant. Here
they filed into the dining room and sat
down 10 a breakfast of beef, potatoes.
bread and coffee. To this they took
very kindly. and showed considerable
ability ia handling the white mans Kuife
and fork, They were then taken out
side and grouped against the wall of one
of the buildings where d photographer
took their picture. They were a rough
looking set. Some had nothing on but
a ragged set of underwear. Some were
shOeiess, others hatless. Others we're
clad in heterogeneous mass of vaIiega-
ted rags. Many Of The giIls wore little
more than a ta5tered skirt, while about
the only protection for others was an old
table cloth or dirty government blanket.
These were soon removed aud given a
Tubing, the ScTubbiug being done by
civilized little Indians who seemed 10
enjoy taking the hide off of their less
favored brethren. Tney were then
seated on chairs while red-skinned bar-
bers cropped their long hair. Shortly
after this they were given clean clothes
and turned over to the Apaches, who
came last fal!, to be shown the grounds
and to be initiated INTO the mysteries OF
civilization.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-06

THE Pittsburgh Dispatch, a leading
r publican paper of THAI ely in lead
ing editorial on Tu-sd4y Lass, thus sum 3
up the political situation: "Alth0ugh b
Ex-senator C5uklug declined to speak
aL -h- Amerieus Cub banquet on the
ground tla- be was ou- of politics, the re
ale good many people who think that
bis Lester to that orgaLiZ4tion has not
ouI. pea. him back into politics, but has
pu. s,m back in q way That is not likely
ID cauduce 10 Republican strength OF
harmony. HIS declaration in that let
ter thas the Republicans have mot
kept step with the march of events
certainly bears DO resemblace to an
olive branch and now comes the report
that he is ready to actively enter the
FRAY for a fGaI struggle as 20 whether the
Blaine or the COnkHng interest shall
rule the party organization.
Ii is hard to perceive wherein this an
neuncment holds out any promise of in
creased Republican strength. The
fact is that the struggle between Blaine
and ConkIing has been going on, in one
form or another, since 1876, and next to
the fatal disposition of the party to iden-
tify itself with corporate evils, that
fight has been the most productive cause
of disaster and defeat. II the fight is
to be renewed, it is impossible 30 see
what it can do but to reproduce its for
mer results, and involve the party in
still more decisive Teverses.
That result is made more striking y
imminent by the fact that the suprema-
cy of either influence in party manage
menU holds out little encouragement to
those who believe the cause of honest
government and the interests of the pso-
pie TO De infinitely more important than
the glOrfcation of any one statesmen or
the advancement of his supporters. II
Blaine is 10 rule, the party has got tC
bear he burden of his past dabbling in
corporate legislation and his present al
Iianc-s With the great pIutocrats. l!
Couknug Is 20 Te,urn to power. tha!
means the resurrection Of The old ma
chine aud yue restoration Of the Dorseys
HsttOns and others of that class. Ii
either event the old antagonisms thai
have caused defeat in the past will bt
revived with added bitterness.
Ii the struggle between COnk!ing and
Blaine 3 to be actively renewed
thoughtful Republicans may be pardon
ed if they take 10 The woods.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-06

y " WAsHINGTON letter writer says
One of the Auditors Of the Treasury
Department. who had rented house in
fashionable quarter OF Washington.
was surprised to discover, at the end of
the month. tha:, his landlord YVES none
other than one or the Messengers in his
bureau. Further inquiry showed that
the latter had been loaning money
through The department to impecuuiUus
clerks extOrting in return an interest Of
ten per cent, month. The ex Messen-
ger claims to have KEEP! $4,000 in con-
stant circulation which netted him a
profit OF about $1,000 a year.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-06

OK last Saturday evening at New
York, Henry George and Father
McGiynn at meeting held there, estaU-
lished their new society or party for
for which they adopted the catching
name of The AEti-Poverty Society,""
1t there is anything in a name, it prom
ises we'll just what we all want, and
just what Henry George and Father
McGlyun. we are afraid cannot furnish.
\ vast majority in this world are des-
siued TO ''earn their own bread by the
sweat Of their brow" and uO society or
party, until the end Of time will ever
make il otherwise. Those who labor
diligently aGd save their earnings viii
in the eud have a far better autidote TO
povBty than can be got from all the the
oIies of Henry George or the preachings
Of Fa her McG.ynn, while those who
are oilers and squander their time aGd
earnings, whether they belong to the
''Auti-POverty Society," or not, will in
the end be poor. There will be excep-
tions in both these cases but this will
always be the general result.
There are some people, however,
ready to jump At every theory, no mat
ter how absurd or impraclicabe, and
the new party will have It's followers
who see in the future the millennium as
it were, when poverty will be one of the
things Of the past, when the tramp will
ride in Pullman cars aud the country
editor spend his summers at Long
Branch or Cape May.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-06

HIGH License exists in Iowa in spite
of the Prohibitory Liquor law. In
keokuk there are fifty saloons in which
whisky, beer, wine and other prohibited
liquors are openly sold. The saloon
Keepers pay into the city treasury a
license fee OF S400 each. making an an
nual revenue of $50, 900, which is expen-
dtd on the streets and public grounds.
Although such license fee could not be
legally collected, the saloon keepers Of
heokuk cheertully pay it in return for
protection by the municipal government.
The press aud the citizens generally.
What commentary is this upon pro
hibitoTy legislation when a large and
intelligent community silently and con-
tsmptuousiy repudiates i'll While Pro-
h.O;tiOn is treated as dead letter.
HiCb License takes its proper place.
without legs, sanction, simply because
u IS II harmOEy with public sentiment.
High License is the tight thing in the
right place at the right time Phila.
delpbia Record.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-06

Miss EMMA WEISS, Is years Old
was instantly killed on the Pennsylvania
RAILROAD at MocOnOpqua on Tuesday
last. She was crossing the track on her
way to the station when an engine an
preached, running very swiftly. She
saw 1t when it was 200 yards away. but
seemed utterly bewIIdered She ran co
and fro FOR moment, and then turned
and faced the swiftly approaching
locomotive. The engineer did eyervo
thing in his power to stop it but with
out avail, aud the COW catcher struck
and instantly killed the girl, throwing
the body thirty feet from the track.
The engineer was much affected. as the
girl looked right up into his face as The
pilot struck her.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-06

ELSEWHERE in cur paper will be
found the ballots Cor County Superin-
tendert of Common Schools. There
were but three candidates who had
made canvass before the day of the
election for the Cffice, and on the day of
meeting oil the directors it was certain
that one of ths three would be elected
Mr.. y. c. MgFtetgrs. Of Juhnstown. vas
nominated before the convention as a
possible dark horse and lad three votes
on tho first, bu. retired after that ballot.
The directors had good material to
serecj from, and in the election Of either
the present incumbent. Mr.. Lewis
StTaYeT. or Ot Professor Leech. the eff
hcient principal of cur Ebsus5urg
schools, or os Nj. W. J. Cramer. The
superteudeut elect. there could be 10
possibility of a had selection. The
final result in the election Of Mr.. Cra-
mer. places the responsible task of su-
peTinieuding The educational interests
Of Cambria county for The next three
years in his hands, and we feel confident
of the faithful performance of the trust.
Mr.. Cramer was born in Allegheny
township, is about twenuy-eight years
of age, and received his early education
from the common schools. the system
which be is now elected to superintend.
He afterwards attended the Indiana
State Normal School from which he
graduated in the class OF 1886.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-06

OK Friday of last week at sale of
thorough bred stock, a: the Kennesaw
stock farm in Sumner county, TenLes-
see, a yearljug colt with the best blood
and lineage showing great promise was
started with bid OF 81 900 and was run
up to ana knocked down to the Dwyer
Bros. of New York FOR the sum Of So
800. 1t was said to be as handsome q
piece of horse flesh as was ever foaled
and with one exception the highest price
ever paid for yearling colt.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-06

QUEEN kAPULAINI, Princess Liliua-
kiIaui and the members of their suite
called at the White House at Washing
ton at noon OD Wednesday and paid
their respects TO the President and Mrs.
Cleveland. The queens party was &C
CompAuied by Nj. Carter, the Hawaiian
minister, Mrs. Carter. Mr.. :. \. Brown,
of the State department; Captain Tay-
lOr, of the army. and Lieutenant Rod
gels, of the navy. They were met at
the mail entrance by Secretary Bayard
and Assis.au. Secretary Adee and escoT-
ted TO the Blue parlOr, where President
and Mrs. Cleveland awaited them. The
room had been decorated for the occa-
sion with pamis, ferns and flowers and
the adjoining parIcrs were similarly
adorned, The queen was presented to
the President and Mrs. Cleveland bY
Secretary Bayard aud the other mem
bers OF the party we're presented by the
Hawaiian minister,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-06

A PRACTICAL illustration of some
Of the rates of freight on the railroads
and the Determinations has Just come
to light. A short time ago merchant
at New Florence, in Westmoreland.
county. purchased Of a Philadelphia
firm a keg Of blasting powder the price
Of which was 3. The key was shipped
by the Pennsylvania Railroad and upon
It's arrival al New Florence the purchas-
Ell, when he went to pay the freight
found the charges amount to 3. 800
cents more than the cost of the powder.
He refused to accept it as he could ship
the keg from Philadelphia to Pittsburg
fOT 80 cents auG back from Pittsburgh
to New Florence for 30 saving 3. 80 on
freight by shipping il through and back.
The railroad notified the Philadelphia
house 20 send FOR the package, bat that
firm refused as the powder was only
worth $500 and, to get it back they
would have to psy the freight both
ways amounting 90 S., so.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-06
NOTICE.
W J. CRASIER


You and your friends are invited to visit
Gable & Cos Store ia A ItOOua, (I402 Eirv-
enth Ave, Shenk Block, any time It suits
you best where they will show you a large
stock of seasOnabIe drv goods and fancy
goods at low prices. You are invited to
their Spring Opening next Thursday Nav
5tn, which will be a sort of " May DAY, -
and bargains in all departments will be
placed before their customers. 4 beautiful
colOTed card will be given every purchaser
that day a sort of souvenir of the occa
sion. Store opens at : a. m, and closes at
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-06

To the question put to Sect'y. Bayard
whether the United States would see
that the money which a certain West
ILdia country wants to borrow from
citizens OF The United states was paid
that official replied This Govern
ment is not collecting private debts
with public gunboats. We will protect
American citizens in ell their public
rights. but we will not guarantee their
private contracts"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-06
An End TO Bone Scraninr

Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg, Ill.
SAYS Having received so much benefit
from Electric Bitters, / feet it my duty TO LET
suHerlng humanity know it. Have had a
running sore on my leg for eight years nv
doctors told me / would have to have tha
pone scTaped or leg amputated ] used.
instead. three bottles of Electric Bitters and
seven boxes BuckleD's Arnica Salye and
ny leg Is now sound and we'll"
Electric Bitters are sold at fifty cents a
bottle. and BU1z lens Arnica Saiye af 25
per box by =. James, of E0ensburg, and
W. w. McAteer, OF Loretto.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-06

\ PHILADELPHIA bank teller is The
latest addition tO The American colony
in Canada. Philadelphia contribution
to the cO.ony however Will not rank
high among the gentry there as the
amount stolen, gher say, will only
amount to about $4,000. James n.
Taggart who was The receiving and pay
sig teller Of the Union Trust Company
OF that city, lef, without the fcrmality
OF bidding the officers Of the bank fare
well and after his absence was known
the deficiency was discovered.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-06

SUSANNA MedCra Salter is now the
Mayor OF AIiOn, Kansas. She is the
mother of four bouncing babies and she
succeeds heT father who was the first
Mayor OF the town. Her husband is
lawyer ami ought TO have a good and
successful practice before the Mayor.
Ie is twenty seven years of age.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-06

To THE SCHOOL DIRECTORs or CAMBRIA
COUNTY. - Gsntlem ! take this OppOTtu -
nifty of extending my sincere thanks to you.
for the honor you have CJutsTTei IN select
ing me Superintendent of the schools Of
the county" and no effort of mine will be
spared in the discharge of the duties iucum
bent upon that Office.
Respectfully, W. J. CRAMER.
MAY >, 1887.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-06

l-DGE POWERS in the Supreme
CONT Of Vermont il a recent case has
decided in strong and able opinion
.Iat conspiracy among wOrkmen to
prevent others from working or being
hired, is a crime under the common law
and punishable by statute.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-06

THE Democratic State Convention
held at Louisville, Ky, on Wednesday.
nominated General Buckner, for Gov
eruer hy acclamatIOn. The platform ex-
presses coaidencs in Cleveland, deuouu-
ecu coercion in Ireland, denounced the
tariff and demands its revision, ard fav-
ors honest Civil Service reform.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-06

IN THE ORPH ANS COURT Of the County OF
Cambria. To the heirs and legal representatives
of Daniel H DonIcy, deceased. GREETING: You
are hereby cited to be and appear before the
Judges Of the Orphans Court, 20 1e held az
Ebensburg, O the LIT Monday OF June next then
and there 20 accept refuse TO take the Real Is
tate of Daniel H DOnley, deceased, at the ap-
praised valuation put upon 20 by an inquest duly
awarded by the said Court. or show cause why
trustee should not De HppOi intcd TO sell the same
JOSEPH A GRAY. sheriff.
Shsrih's once Ebensburg, Pa,
April % lsSI.-iw.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-06

\ BILL was read in place. in the
House at Harrisburg one day last week,
l-.ng the legal rate of passenger fare
on railroads i'll Pennsylvania at two
cents mile. The author of the bill is
a little late 20 have it passed at this
Session
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-06
NOTICE.

IN THE ORPHANS COURT uf the County o.
Cambria. To the heirs and legal TcPreseu tatige e
of Eliza Noble, deceased GEEETISG You are
OF the Orphans Court To- be he'd AZ Ebeu sbUrg
on the LIST Monday of June next. then and there
to accept refuse TO take the Real Esrate Eliza
Noble. deceased at the appraised valuation put
upon % by an inquest duly awarded by the said
Court. OF snow cause why trustee should not Do
appointed to sell the same.
JOSEPH 4. GRAY, sheriff
Sherin's Once, Ebeusbu-g. Pa
April p. 1Ss1.-4W.